Carers Corner

Deadline extended till Wednesday 20th September 5pm

Carers in Herts Young Carers Team are running our second residential in October Half Term. This time it’s for 13-18 year olds. If you would like to come to this please see our flyer and send back an application form along with an annual consent form if we don’t already have one by Friday September 15th.

We have a busy summer ahead with lots of activities and projects for young carers. More information can be found on each activity in the attachments at the bottom of the page. Booking is essential for every event, and we will need an annual consent form for each young carer that would like to attend. Please contact us for more information if you are interested in any of our events.

First Aid for Young Carers

Come and learn life-saving skills on a First Aid course for young carers on Friday 4th August. Learn about resuscitation, recovery position, what to do in an emergency, and much, much more! This will be run by Critical Response.

Take part in High ropes and Crate stacking, meet other young carers and have some fun!

Friday 18th August 3 – 5 pm: Fairlands Valley, Stevenage

Young Adult Carer Ski Course

For young adult carers aged 16 – 25 we have a ski course every Wednesday evening during the summer holidays 6 – 8 pm.

Learn a new skill

Meet other young adult carers

Build confidence

Get fit!

Running every Wednesday from 26th July – 30th August 6 – 8 pm.

Please note: there will be a Carers in Herts staff member to greet young adult carers on the first week, and the final week. On other weeks you will be expected to arrive at the Snow Centre and go straight to the Snowbility Instructors.

Please note: Spaces are very limited on this course – applicants must be able to attend every session

Carers Week: 2017

A huge thank you to 3 members of our Young Carers Council who got involved in Carers Week 2017.

Carers Week is a national campaign to celebrate, recognise and raise awareness of Carers of all ages throughout the UK.

The theme of this year’s Carers Week is ‘Building Carer Friendly Communities’ and Annie, Rachel and Rockee did exactly that by hosting an assembly at their school in Watford: Westfield Academy. Representatives from every Form in Westfield attended the assembly, and learnt about:

What is meant by ‘Young Carer’?

What do young carers do?

What impact does caring have on young carers’ lives?

The positives of being a young carer

The challenges faced by some young carers

Westfield Academy pupils asked lots of brilliant questions, including ‘how do you know someone is a young carer?’ ‘do you ever resent the responsibility?’.

They identified some positives

“you feel good about yourself”

“it gives you confidence”

They also came up with some fantastic ideas on how schools could be more carer-friendly:

Have a chill out area/time for young carers

Having a display board for young carers

Talking about it in PSHE

Whole school assemblies

Well done Annie, Rockee and Rachel and thank you to all at Westfield Academy for helping to build carer-friendly school communities!